NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 2003

  • question_answer
                    In alcohol fermentation:    

    A)                                                                                                                            there is no electron donor               

    B)                 oxygen is the electron acceptor

    C)                 triose phosphate is the electron donor while acetaldehyde is the electron acceptor

    D)                 triose phosphate is the electron donor while pyruvic acid is the electron acceptor

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    In alcoholic fermentation, (a) NADH (formed during conversion of triose-3 phosphate to 3 phosphoglycerate) is oxidized to \[NA{{D}^{+}}\] (b) electrons are accepted by acetaldehyde formed by decarboxylation of pyruvate.


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